And, as with the coronavirus pandemic, it is the countries that thought themselves the most prepared that turn out to be the most vulnerable. Kenya, on the other hand, has had a depressing familiarity with stolen elections and the havoc they can wreak. Sure, all the elections since the reintroduction of a multiparty system had been accompanied by a measure of violence. December 2002 brought the most peaceful election yet, ended the 40-year dominance of the Independence party Kanu and sent dictator Daniel Moi, now deceased, into retirement. As part of the settlement that ended the 2007 post-election violence, Kenya created a commission of inquiry to look into the electoral system and make recommendations on how to repair it.

Source: The Star October 03, 2020 02:15 UTC